Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The Thompson and Galmore Family of Adams County, Mississippi
recently celebrated their bi-annual family reunion on July 6 – 8, 2012. What a celebration it was! Several generations
of the descendants of Calvin “ Papa Lovie” Thompson and Sarah “Mama Sarah” Galmore-Thompson
from New York to Texas converged on Natchez and Sibley, MS to celebrate family connections
and history.

The Family Griot with Abdul Muhammad at the homestead of Calvin and Sarah Thompson

One of the biggest surprises of the family reunion was the reconnection of a distant cousin, Abdul-Rahmaan Abd-Raheem Muhammad, who came to
celebrate with us. Personally
it was quite a surprise for me because I discovered that for 25 years he lived about 40
minutes from where I grew up, his daughter was a high school classmate of a cousin and he was friends with the family of the same cousin! Abdul (formerly Andrew S. Thomas), born in Hattiesburg, MS, is the son of George
Thompson, grandson of Philip Thompson and great-grandson of Benjamin
Thompson; attended his first Thompson-Galmore Family Reunion. After being
separated from his extended Thompson family for several years, Abdul was returned to
us and a branch of the family tree was restored.

Abdul-Rahmaan
Abd-Raheem Muhammad is a published author who wrote a book of poems inspired by his life experiences and spiritual journey, entitled "Words: Masterpieces of Limitation".